Middle Ages Web Sites for Specific Topics

Be sure to also check the more general sites for information on your topic.

Art History Resources on the Web: Early Medieval Art

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html

Battle of Hastings

http://www.battle1066.com/intro.shtml

A turning point in history.

Costume Page:--Costume History

http://www.costumepage.org/tcpinfo2.html

Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex: The Lives of Medieval Women

http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/index.html

History of the Black Plague

http://health.discovery.com/centers/coldsflu/germs/plaguehist.html

Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/index.html

Medieval Architecture in Britain includes pictures of castles, monasteries, and churches, sometimes with diagrams and plans. There is an index of all monuments and an interactive map. There are also maps of London and detailed historical drawing of the Tower of London.

Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library

http://www.chronique.com/

A Medieval Cartoon

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot12/snapshot12.htm

Explores Anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages..

Medieval Macabre

http://www.godecookery.com/macabre/macabre.htm

"These illustrations of medieval Devils, Demons, Witches, & Monsters are from authentic period sources."

Medieval Science Page

http://members.aol.com/McNelis/medsci_index.html

Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/medievalmedicine.htm

Medieval Siege

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/

From Nova: includes information on Life in a Castle and Medieval Arms Race (the assault and defense of a castle).

Middle Ages

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/

"What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?" Focuses on feudal life, religion, homes, clothing, health, arts & entertainment, and town life.

Music History 102

http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/

Includes information on the Middle Ages.

Middle Ages: The Black Death

http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/plague/

Oh Death! Death, Dying, and the Culture of the Macabre in the Late Middle Ages

http://www.library.rochester.edu/camelot/Deathbooklet.htm#Death%20Itself

Regia Anglorum

http://www.regia.org/

An historical reenactment society, " Regia Anglorum attempts to recreate a cross section of English life around the turn of the first millennium."

Includes historical background and information on weapons and warfare, everyday life, religion and the Church, and ships.

There is also information about leisure pastimes, music, and games. See the Index on the site for a detailed list of articles.

Vikings

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html

Middle Ages Web Sites for Many Topics

The ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies

http://www.the-orb.net/encyclo.html

****Type your topic in the search box.

Medieval Times

From 42Explore2, this is a site providing an overview of the Middle Ages, with suggested links.

http://www.42explore2.com/medieval.htm

The Labyrinth: Sources for Medieval Studies

http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/

The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University.

A scholarly site, select a topic from the list provided (women, art, music, law, chivalry, crusades,and many others) or use the keyword search at the bottom of the page..)

Netsurf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Studies

http://www.netserf.org/

Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Selected Sources--England

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1n.html

Chaucer Web Sites

Chaucer MetaPage

http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/

Geoffrey Chaucer

http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/

Geoffrey Chaucer

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm

The New Chaucer Society: Links to Chaucer Resources

http://artsci.wustl.edu/~chaucer/links.php

Books in the DHS Library on the Middle Ages

• REF 509 MED     Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine, An Encyclopedia    Routledge  2005

• REF 909.07 Kni Middle Ages: Primary Sources , 2001.

• REF 909.07 ENC The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages ,1999. "Black death," "Medicine," "Crusades," Warfare," Weapons," Women," "Tournaments," "Games," and many other topics.

• REF 909.07 MID The Middle Ages, 1996. 4 vols. ***** Articles on cities, towns, chivalry, ++++

• REF 942.03 SIN Daily Life in Chaucer's England, 1995.

Databases

If you would like help with a database search, see a few basic tips below or please see Mrs. Rogers in the DHS Library..

Student Edition--Advanced Search

Not all the articles are "full-text," so check the box to limit articles to "full-text" only.

Select the SUBJECT GUIDE SEARCH tab or set the search box drop-down menu to subject and click "Browse" to explore the topic "Middle Ages ." You will see related topics and subheadings in the database.

Not finding your search term as a subject? The default search is keyword.

When results come back, they are grouped by type of material, use the tabs to move from one type of material to another. The tabs headed "Academic Journals" and "Multimedia" often include useful results.

If the first few results don't look of interest, keep reading down the page! There are some interesting articles here, including an NPR interview with a specialist in medieval music, and another interview on medieval falconry.

This is an Infotrac database. To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS.

PowerSearch****

Use this database to search several Infotrac databases simultaneously if you are not finding enough information in Student Resource Center above.

Biography Resource Center at school.

For many individuals, there are excellent web-site suggestions. For a "name search," it's often a good idea to set the search to "START OF LAST NAME" and then type LAST NAME FIRST in the search box, with a comma and a space before the first name. If you are unsure of the exact name, type only the last name and browse the results' list of names.

To retrieve information from this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select Biography Resource Center from the databases list, once you are logged in.

World Book Advanced

If you need a basic, introductory article on the period, or primary sources, type the keywords "Middle Ages " to see an introductory article in the online version of World Book. Once you are viewing the article, there are sidebars to the left and right of the article.

The sidebar on the left will allow you to navigate between topics within the main article. The sidebar on the left provides "Related Information," including other encyclopedia entries about the Middle Ages, as well as websites and periodical articles.

There are also links to primary sources.

To retrieve information from this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select World Book from the databases list, once you are logged in. Then look for the link on the World Book page to "World Book Advanced

HOW TO SEARCH THE DATABASES

All the databases above offer "Help" buttons to assist you in finding relevant information.

Remember that the "Advanced Search" option usually allows you to combine search terms with AND, OR, and NOT.

Databases that include a mix of complete articles and citations allow you to limit your search to "full-text" only by checking the "full-text" box.

There are many ways to fine-tune results in most of these databases: by date, type of material, magazine or newspaper title, and more.

Search results often come back "tabbed" allowing you to "tab" between different types of results: magazine, academic journals, news items, books, etc.

If you would like help with a database search, please see Mrs. Davies in the DHS Library.